Watered down fragrances
I don't want to call out without 100% proof but something isn't right.
Ordered samples of things I know really well and they really give the vibe of watered down, not only the lack of longevity but the projection is gone, they seem to be thinner on the top notes, for example some red tobaccoo by mancera, famous for it's over the top synthetic projection for the first 3 hours and extreme performance smelled like the dry down in a couple minutes and had none of it's renowned opening, the samples lack colour, such amazing full bodied fragrances like black afgano and oud for greatness just smell thin and not at all special anymore, if I imagined what watering down smelled like, this is it.
Like, the black afgano looks more similar in colour to nautica voyage than black afgano, like wtf, it is a light blue, nothing like it has been in the past.
This red tobacco smells like I could wear it on a hot day but my ganymede now smells like it has lost it's fresh notes and can't be worn on a warm day now, completely BUTT backwards pointless samples, they are vague reminders of a fragrance, not a sample. I would rather they were just giving me a tiny real amount, not these, you could not buy a fragrance based of smelling an ozfragrance sample
24 March 2026
Unprompted review